In September 1912, some 299 locals from in, and around the Innisrush area, signed the Ulster Covenant (or the ‘Declaration’ if you were a female), in Innisrush Orange Hall.  Adam D. Glasgow was the agent in charge of organising the signatures. There were also other local signings at Eden Orange Hall, Tamlaght O’Crilly Orange Hall, Killymuck and Tivaconavy.

Innisrush Signs the Ulster Covenant

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Ulster Covenant and Declaration signed at Innisrush Orange Hall in September 1912.

I am not particularly interested in the politics, but instead keen to see this record of who was living in the area at the time.  The unique documents provide a fascinating historical record, of a moment in time.

One signature among the 299 was illegible.  As well as signing the covenant/declaration, each person then listed their general address.  Many signatories were from Innisrush village, while others wrote down the townland they were from, such as nearby places like Tyanee, Moneystaghan, Ballynease, Ballymacpeake or Glenone.

Ulster Covenant Signatories & Location

Bella Adams, Tyanee
John J. Adams, Tyanee
Robert A. Adams, Tyanee Portglenone
Samuel Adams, Tyanee
James Aiken, Tyanee
Jennie Aiken, Tyanee
Bella Akin, Tyanee
Bella Andrews, Tyanee
James Armstrong Jr., Innisrush
Joseph Armstrong, Innisrush
Liza J. Armstrong, Innisrush
Robert Armstrong, Innisrush
James Armstrong Sen., Innisrush
John Ballentine, Innisrush
Archie Barclay, Tyanee
Elizza Barkley, Tyanee
Mary Barkley, Tyanee
Robert Berryman, Tyanee
Henry A. Black, Tyanee Portglenone
Jane Black, Innisrush
John Black, Glenone
Mary Black, Glenone
Nannie Black, Innisrush
Samuel Black, Innisrush
Sarah Black, Innisrush
William K. Black, Tyanee
Mary Boyd, Innisrush
Kennedy Bradley, Moneyslaggan
Nan Bradley, Moneystaghan
Ann Jane Brady, Ballynease Hilton
Elisibet Jane Brown, Tyanee
James Brown, Glenone
Lizzie Brown, Tyanee
Richard Brown, Tyanee
Barbara Browne, Glenone
Maggie Browne, Glenone
Isabella Burnside, Tyanee
Joseph Burnside, Tyanee
Annie Cahoon, Ballynease Hilton
Maggie Cahoon, Ballynease Hilton
Minnie Cahoon, Ballynease Hilton
Joseph Campbell, Innisrush
Maggie Campbell, Innisrush
John Carleton, Tyanee
Mary Jane Carleton, Tyanee
Patrick Carleton, Tyanee Portglenone
Eliza Chatherwood, Innisrush
Annie Clements, Innisrush
Henry Clements, Tyanee
John Clements, Glenone
Maria Clements, Glenone
Mary Clements, Tyanee
Sharlott Clements, Glenone
William J. Clements, Innisrush
William Cochrane, Innisrush
Jane Coleman, Innisrush
George Colquhoun, Ballynease Hilton
Robert Corliton, Tyanee
W. G. Courtenay, Glenone
Marget Crossing, Innisrush
Robert Dempsey, Moneystaghan
Samuel Dinsmore, Killymuck Upperlands
John Donnelly, Glenone Rectory Portglenone
John Doole Tyanee
Letishia Doole, Tyanee
Letishia Doole, Tyanee
Maggie Doole, Tyanee
William Doolen, Tyanee
Henry Dunlop, Moneysallin
Minnie Dysart, Garvaghy
Agnes Elgin, Tyanee
David Elgin, Tyanee
Robert Elgin Junior, Tyanee
Robert Elgin Senior, Tyanee
Garthrude Faulkner, Glenone
Hessie Faulkner, Glenone
Robert J. Faulkner, Glenone
Jane Finlay, Innisrush
Cathrine French, Glenone
Harriet Caroline French, Tyanee
Lizzie Jane French, Tyanee
Annie Gamble, Innisrush
Edith Gamble, Glenone
Elizabeth J. Gamble, Innisrush
Ena Gamble, Innisrush
Hugh,Gamble,Innisrush
Hugh Gamble, Innisrush
Jane Gamble, Innisrush
Jennie Gamble, Innisrush
John Gamble, Innisrush
John Gamble, Glenone
Lizzie Gamble, Innisrush
Lizzie Gamble, Glenone
Mary Gamble, Tyanee
Mary Gamble, Innisrush
Sarah Gamble, Innisrush
William Gamble, Glenone
William James Gamble, Tyanee
James Getty, Tyanee
Lizzie Getty, Tyanee
Maggie A. Getty, Tyanee
Eliza Jane Gibson, Glenone
Francis K. Gibson, Ballymacpeake Lower
Margaret Gibson, Tyanee
Thomas Gibson, Glenone
William Gibson, Tyanee
A. D. Glasgow, Innisrush
Adam Glasgow, Innisrush
Eliza Glasgow, Innisrush
Henry Glasgow, Innisrush
Mary Godfery, Ballynease
Robert Godfrey, Ballynease Hilton
Thomas Godfrey, Ballynease Hilton
Elizabeth Grear, Tyanee  (presumably ‘Greer’)
Nancy Grear, Tyanee (presumably ‘Greer’)
Annie Greenwood, Innisrush
Dara Greenwood, Innisrush
Lizzie Greenwood, Innisrush
Samuel Greenwood, Innisrush Portglenone
Samuel Greenwood, Innisrush Portglenone
Alexander Greer, Tyanee
Campbell Greer, Tyanee
Charlotte Greer, Glenone
Eliza Greer, Innisrush
Joseph Greer, Innisrush
Mary Greer, Tyanee
Samuel Greer, Tyanee
Sara Greer, Tyanee
Jane Haledy, Tyanee
Annie Halliday, Tyanee
Barclay Halliday, Tyanee
Margaret Harken, Tyanee
Margaret Hastings, Innisrush
Thomas Hastings, Innisrush
Agnes Henry, Tyanee
James K. Henry, Tyanee
Patrick Henry, Tyanee
Sarah Henry, Tyanee
John Holmes, Tyanee
Maggie Holmes, Tyanee
Samuel Holmes, Tyanee
Agnes Keenan, Innisrush
Allice A. Keenan,Innisrush
Catherine Keenan, Tyanee
Ellen Keenan, Tyanee
James Keenan, Tyanee
John G. Keenan, Tyanee
Lizzie Keenan, Tyanee
Maggie Keenan, Tyanee
Mary Keenan, Tyanee
Mary Keenan, Tyanee
Mary Keenan, Glenone
Nancy Keenan, Tyanee
Nellie Keenan, Innisrush
Robert Keenan, Tyanee
William Keenan, Tyanee
Willie Keenan, Innisrush
Annie F. Kyle, Tyanee
Charlott Kyle, Tyanee
Charlotte Kyle, Innisrush
Eliza Jane Kyle, Tyanee
Maggie Jane Kyle, Tyanee
Nancy Kyle, Tyanee
Peggy Kyle, Tyanee
Samuel S. Kyle, Tyanee
Thomas J. Kyle, Tyanee
Thomas T. Kyle, Tyanee
Thomas T. Kyle, Tyanee
Andy Lynn, Tyanee
Mary MacAw, Tyanee
John Marshall, Tyanee
Jane McAughey, Tyanee
John McCaughey, Ballymacpeake
Mary McCaughey, Tyanee
Charles McCaw, Glenone
Eliza McCaw, Glenone
James McCaw, Glenone
Joe McCaw, Tyanee
Samuel H. McCaw, Tyanee
Ann McConnell, Innisrush
Charles McConnell, Innisrush
Thomas McConnell, Innisrush
George McCullough, Ballynease Hilton
Jane McCullough, Ballynease Hilton
R. J. McCullough, Ballynease
Ellen McDonald, Tyanee
Robert McDonald, Tyanee
Margaret J. McFlatrick, Innisrush
Maggie McGall, Moneystaghan
Mary Anne McGall, Tyanee
Rose McGall, Moneystaghan
Thomas McGall, Tyanee
Thomas McGall, Moneystaghanellis
William McGall, Moneystaghanellis
Helen Jane McIntyre, Glenone
Jessie McIntyre, Glenone
Maggie McIntyre, Glenone
Peggey J. McKeown, Innisrush
William McKeown, Innisrush
Mary McLarnon, Tyanee
Thomas McLarnon, Tyanee
Mary McLarnon Jnr, Tyanee
Robert McTier, Ballynease McPeake
Jemima Michael, Tyanee
Thomas Michael, Tyanee
Andrew Millar, Glenone
Bella Millar, Tyanee
Ellen Millar, Glenone
Hugh Millar, Glenone
Robert Millar, Glenone
Sam Millar, Glenone
Agnes Moore, Innisrush
Andy Moore, Innisrush
Eliza Moore, Innisrush
Henry Moore, Innisrush
James Moore, Innisrush
Jeannie Moore, Innisrush
Joseph Moore, Innisrush Portglenone
Maggie Moore, Innisrush
Robert Moore, Innisrush
William Moore, Moneystaghanellis
Agnes Mulholland, Glenone
William James Mulholland, Eden
Robert Mulholland, Eden
John Overend, Innisrush
Mary Overend, Innisrush
Annie Patton, Tyanee
John Patton, Tyanee
Mrs John Patton, Tyanee
Samuel Patton, Tyanee
John Patton Jr, Tyanee Portglenone
Maggie H. Paul, Glenone
George Pickeram, Ballynease Strean
James Porter, Eden
Mary Presten, Tyanee
Stuart Presten, Tyanee
Esther Preston, Tyanee
James Preston, Tyanee
Martha Preston, Tyanee
Lizzie K. Reynolds, Tyanee
Mary A. Reynolds, Tyanee
Mrs Matthew Reynolds, Tyanee
Agnes Robinson, Innisrush
Ellen Robinson, Glenone
Samuel Robinson, Glenone
Thomas Robinson, Glenone
William Robinson, Innisrush
Sara Jane Rogers, Ballynease
Alexander Ross, Tyanee Portglenone
Annie Jane Rowe, Innisrush
James Rowe, Innisrush
Annie Scott, Tyanee
Annie Ellen Scott, Tyanee
Elizabeth Scott, Tyanee
Elizabeth J. Scott, Tyanee
James Scott, Tyanee
John Scott, Tyanee
Margaret Jane Scott, Tyanee
Mary Jane Scott, Tyanee
William Scott, Tyanee
William J. Scott, Tyanee
John Sloan, Tyanee
Peggy Ann Sloan, Tyanee
Robert Slown, Tyanee (presumably ‘Sloan’)
Emily B. Smyth, Spruce Bank
James A. Smyth, Innisrush
Margaret A. Smyth, Innisrush
Edward Steele, Ballynease Strean
Elizabeth Steele, Ballynease Strain
Eliza Stewart, Moneystaghan
Henry Stewart, Moneystaghanellis
Mary Jane Stewart, Tyanee
George Surgenor, Ballynease Strean
Henrietta Surgenor, Ballynease Strain
Alex Wallace, Innisrush Portglenone
Ann Wallace, Ballynease Hilton
Charlott Wallace, Innisrush
Jeanie S. Wallace, Tyanee
Mary Ellen Wallace, Tyanee
Minnie Wallace, Tyanee
Mrs William Wallace, Tyanee
Rachel Wallace, Tyanee
Robert Wallace, Ballynease Hilton
William Wallace, Tyanee
Annie Warwick, Innisrush
Annie Maria Warwick, Innisrush
Mary Warwick, Innisrush
Robert Warwick, Innisrush
George White, Innisrush
Hugh White, Innisrush
Robert White, Innisrush
Sarah White, Innisrush
Sarah White, Innisrush
Thompson White, Innisrush
Robert J. White Junior, Innisrush
Elizabeth Wilson, Tyanee
Mary Wilson, Tyanee
Robert Wilson, Tyanee